Clothes hanger attachment



'G. C. LINNEY CLOTHES HANGER ATTACHMENT Filed NOV. 25, 1934 INVENTOR; @zwye film/76y Z/ ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .4Claims.

This invention relates I to attachments for clothes hangers of the conventional typeand. has for a primary object, the provision of an auxiliary body that is quickly afiixed in operative relationwith the parts of the clothes hanger and which is exceptionally effective in its fulfillment of the objects of this invention and that is cheap enough to manufacture so that the same may be used by any one employing clothes hangers where delivery becomes an important factor in the business.

One of the important aims-of the invention is to prvoide a clothes hanger attachment having means formed thereon for' precluding displacement of the clothes carried by the hanger and also for presenting a smooth surface upon which the fabric might bear, in order to preclude creasing or objectionable marking of the cloth along the line of support.

A yet further object of the invention is to provide aclothes hanger attachment having a series of outwardly struck wings along the inclined shoulders of the attachment whereby to preclude slipping of clothes from the hanger when the attachment is in operation.

A large number of minor objects will appear during the course of the following specification,

rei'erring to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a clothes hanger attachment in place, and embodying this inven tion.

Fig. 2 is the blank of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, longitudi nal, sectional view taken along the inclined shoulder of the body and through two of the ears struck therefrom, and,

- Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, cross sectional view taken along line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

A large number of attachments have been placed on the market that were designed for keeping clothes from slippingfrom the ordinary clothes hanger, but very few, if any, have completely fulfilled the commercial requirement with respect to cost, ease of attachment and presentation of a well rounded bearing surface for the clothing.

The body forming this attachment may be blanked out of sheet material, preferably ordinary card board, and when so blanked, will have the appearance of the member. illustrated in Fig. 2. when molded or bent into shape, the body will be quickly attachable to the ordinary wire clothes hanger having the'horizontal bar 6 and the pair of inclined members I which join at 'hmk Ill.

' When the blank shown in Fig. 2 is formed into the body, there is presented a pair of inclined shoulders l2 that are arcuate in cross section so as to present a wide, smooth bearing surface for the garments. These shoulders I 2 form a connecting margin between wall l4 and a pair of wings IS, the latter combining to form a wall substantially thesame as H, but with a central slit l8 formed from the base of the wall to the point of connection between inclined shoulders I2. 10

. Wall l4 and the wall formed bythe combination of wings iii are triangular in shape and the two are fiat and substantially parallel to each other. The slit I8 is extended into shoulders l2 so that hook I 0 might be positioned as shown in v I Fig. 1 when the body is in place. In the form illustrated, shoulders l2 extend beyond the bases of the two opposedwalls and are substantially the same length as the inclined members 8 of the hanger.

To precude sliding of the garment from shoulders ii, there is provided a plurality of ears struck from shoulders l2 and bent upwardly so that their lower faces and the upper face of the shoulder presents an acute angle which tends to grip the fabric or material of the garment if it should begin to slide down along the inclined shoulders. Openings 22 are left' in shoulders [2 when the ears 20 are struck upwardly therefrom and each ear 20 is substantially crescent shaped and narrower than the width of the arcuate connecting margin which forms shoulder II. The upper free arcuate edges 24 of each ear 20 is appreciably above the upper surface of the shoulders, and a number of these ears, all having their free edges directed toward hook ll! of the hanger, are formed along each of the two shoulders I2.

When the attachment is moved to position, hook I 0 is moved along slit l8 which extends substantially half way across the connecting margin to a point 26. Such structure insures a locking together of hanger and attachment, and with the hook so disposed, the attachment cannot be displaced when the entire assembly is handled.

It is understood that a variation as to size and relation of parts as set down herein might be employed without departing from'the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes hanger'attachment comprising a pair of opposed, substantially parallel walls; ar-

said walls: and a nluralitv of outwardlv struck ears formed along the length of said margins, each having a free edge disposed above the surface of the said margin.

2. A clothes hanger attachment comprising a pair of opposed, substantially parallel walls of triangular shape; connecting margins, arcuate in cross section, along the inclined edges of said triangular walls; and a plurality of outwardly struck ears having free edges above the surface of said margin, said connecting margins being extended downwardly and outwardly beyond the bases of said triangular shaped walls.

3. A clothes hanger attachment comprising a pair of opposed, substantially parallel walls of triangular shape; connecting margins, arcuate in cross section, along the inclined edges of said triangular walls; a plurality of outwardly struck ears having free edges above the surface of said margin; and a slit formed across one of said walls from its base to the apex thereof and therebeyond to a point substantially half way across the said connecting margins.'

4. A formed sheet material attachment for clothes hangers, having a substantially-horizontalbanapairofinclinedmembersandahook at the interconnected ends of said inclined members, comprising a pair of planar, substantially parallel walls of triangular shape; inclined margins, arcuate in cross section joining said walls i iv and adapted to have their inner surfaces rest directly upon the respective inclined members of the hanger throughout the length of the margin;

a slit formed across one of said walls-from its base to the apex thereof and partially across the 10 arcuate margins to permit assembly of hanger and attachment withthe hook of the latter prooperative position, each ear and the inclined margin forming an acute angle at their zone of connection whereby garments on the hanger and U attachment will be caught and directed toward the inclined members of the said hanger.

GEORGE C. LINNEY. 

